'It never lets up in Texas:' Sewell Chan on the Texas Tribune's coverage of the Uvalde school shooting and more
Reliable Sources
CNN
3.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Sewell Chan, editor in chief of The Texas Tribune, talks about covering the massacre at Robb Elementary and making sure that his employees take mental health breaks amid marathon reporting days. Chan also discusses several other reasons why Texas is in the news, from primary election results to abortion restrictions to heat waves. Chan says the Tribune's nonpartisan accountability journalism approach is sorely needed. "Opinion is plentiful, whereas meticulous gathering of facts is becoming a more rare and precious resource in the information ecosystem," he says, "so I think that's where we can have the most impact and best serve the people of Texas."
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| 0:00.0 | They say everything is bigger in Texas right now. It seems everything is related to Texas |
| 0:08.9 | so many news stories of |
| 0:11.8 | national scope |
| 0:13.4 | All happening within the Lone Star state |
| 0:16.8 | The most obvious of course the massacre at Rob Elementary in New Valday |
| 0:22.5 | Other stories in Texas are also gaining so much attention |
| 0:26.9 | So let's go to the state. Let's go to the capital and hear about news coverage on the ground |
| 0:33.1 | What are reporters there dealing with how are they coping with all of this news? |
| 0:39.1 | That's one of the questions for this week's reliable sources podcast. So let's cue the music |
| 0:46.3 | I'm Brian Stelter and this weekly podcast is our chance to go more in-depth talking with media leaders and newsmakers |
| 0:53.3 | But how the media world really works |
| 0:56.4 | In Texas there are many media outlets many news brands |
| 1:00.5 | But one stands above all others in terms of its national recognition |
| 1:06.3 | The Texas Tribune is a pioneering non-profit newsroom |
| 1:12.3 | focusing on accountability journalism |
| 1:15.3 | It has been a model for other startups all across the USA |
| 1:20.8 | And it continues to produce |
| 1:23.2 | Important vivid high quality journalism from the state capital in Austin to all corners of the state |
| 1:29.9 | So let's take stock of what's happened in New Valday as well as one of the other news stories that all lead back to Texas |
| 1:38.0 | With Sulcham. He's the editor-in-chief of the Texas Tribune and he's joining me now |
| 1:43.8 | So thanks for coming on the program. Thanks so much Brian and thanks for your kind words about the Tribune |
| 1:48.8 | Hey, you've been editor now almost a year. You started last September |
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